10 h. ago Best autobiographies and memoirs that everyone should read in 2025

The private lives of presidents and princes, romantic affairs, meditations on grief, awkward coming-of-age stories, or an inside look at Hollywood: the best autobiographies tell someone else’s story but ring true to our own life experiences.

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27 h. ago How did Netflix’s The Diamond Heist robbers get caught? Movie

Netflix's The Diamond Heist tells the real-life story of an attempted £350 million robbery.

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55 h. ago Autobiographical ‘life story’ books helping Renfrewshire dementia patients

The life stories are said to help keep precious memories alive for patients

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57 h. ago The surprising real life story behind David Oyelowo's new Apple TV+ series Government Cheese

David Oyelowo leads the cast of new Apple TV+ series Government Cheese, which tells the story of a petty criminal who returns home from prison in 1967

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3 d. ago Downton Abbey fans are only now realising two of their favourite stars have a son together

Two Downton Abbey fan favourites have their own real life love story and even share a son together which fans are only just discovering.

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5 d. ago This is how we do it: ‘If one of us is on a business trip and meets someone, we’re free to pursue it’

For Lise and Patrick, the possibility of sex with other people has allowed their own love life to blossom – providing it’s within limitsHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyOnce, Patrick had really nice oral sex with someone and told me what she did, and suggested we try that Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Shanghai Dolls at the Kiln Theatre review: undeniably impressive

Two women across six decades of upheaval are covered in this astonishing true story of Mao Zedong’s revolution

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6 d. ago ‘You must read my diaries’: unlocking the private life of Edna O’Brien

Towards the end of her life, the groundbreaking Irish novelist granted film-maker Sinéad O’Shea access to her most personal writing. What she revealed was shocking and inspiring‘Sinéad, you must read my diaries. The most naked ones are in Emory College, Georgia.”This was a voicenote left for me by Edna O’Brien in 2023, after I had started to film a feature documentary with her, granting me access to the most personal work she created in her lifetime: her unpublished diaries.Prurient = itching with lewd desire.Winnow = separate. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago In Shanghai Dolls, Madame Mao’s life story of art, revolution and resentment is undone by clichés

This real-life tale of Mao’s wife and the first female director of China fails to meet its own potential

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7 d. ago Diaries reveal extraordinary story of Sanquhar soldier's life on World War One frontline

The Sanquhar Boys and the Seaforths feature the personal diaries of Private John Hope.

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8 d. ago Dreamin’ Wild review – Walton Goggins and Casey Affleck star as rediscovered 70s rockers

Goggins and Affleck play Donnie and Joe Emerson, whose album wins acclaim decades after it was made, but it’s rather a mono dramaNewcomer-fans of Walton Goggins, sharing gifs of his stunned expression in The White Lotus, might want a look at this interesting but flawed movie: a heartfelt but frustratingly ponderous true-life story from the music world in which Goggins stars with Casey Affleck. Donnie and Joe Emerson were two brothers from Washington State who self-recorded an album in their teen years in 1978 called Dreamin’ Wild; it bombed, leaving crippling debts for their poor dad (played by Beau Bridges), who’d taken out bank loans to build them a log-cabin recording studio – but the record is then rediscovered 30 years later by vinyl hipster connoisseurs who can hardly believe the Emerson boys’ untutored rock genius.The film insightfully shows how this deferred fame is not all good news; it has come too late for them really to enjoy it and Donnie (Affleck) has grown into a pric...

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8 d. ago Dreamin’ Wild review – Walton Goggins and Casey Affleck are rediscovered 70s rockers in late

Goggins and Affleck play Donnie and Joe Emerson, whose album wins acclaim decades after it was made, but it’s rather a mono filmNewcomer-fans of Walton Goggins, sharing gifs of his stunned expression in The White Lotus, might want a look at this interesting but flawed movie: a heartfelt but frustratingly ponderous true-life story from the music world in which Goggins stars with Casey Affleck. Donnie and Joe Emerson were two brothers from Washington State who self-recorded an album in their teen years in 1978 called Dreamin’ Wild; it bombed, leaving crippling debts for their poor dad (played by Beau Bridges), who’d taken out bank loans to build them a log-cabin recording studio – but the record is then rediscovered 30 years later by vinyl hipster connoisseurs who can hardly believe the Emerson boys’ untutored rock genius.The film insightfully shows how this deferred fame is not all good news; it has come too late for them really to enjoy it and Donnie (Affleck) has grown into a prick...

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8 d. ago ‘I’m still sick. I’m still disabled. But I’m proud of my body’: Frances Ryan’s manifesto for disabled women

Women with disabilities are the biggest minority group in the world, but are still shut out of society. In an extract from her new book, the writer reveals how that is changing – and what more needs to be doneI would like to be able to start this story with a stellar anecdote about how exactly my life imploded. “I was walking down Sunset Boulevard and Harry Styles ran me down in a Ferrari.” “I was dancing on a podium in Ibiza when a falling speaker semi- decapitated me.” In reality, it was much more mundane, as these things inevitably tend to be. I went to the pub and I caught the flu. That was it.I spent Christmas 2017 with what I thought was a regular illness. By February, I was unable to breathe or move. Flu had become flu complications and I was strapped to a ventilator mask. My energy had all but disappeared to the extent that even breathing was a high-end task. In my bedroom, alone, plastic casing enveloped my skin. I looked like Darth Vader, if Darth Vader spent a lot of time...

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1 week ago TV stars' astonishing link to the Titanic disaster: Famous acting brothers reveal great

Jimmy McGann was one of just 705 survivors of the 1912 disaster. He served in the ship's engine room. His famous great-nephews are revealing the story of his life in a new podcast.

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1 week ago This is how we do it: ‘Trying for a baby has improved our sex life – we’re more adventurous’

Doug and Maggie feel as if they’ve had a relationship reset and are communicating more openly about sexHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyIt was like we’d pressed a reset button on our relationship Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Real life story behind popular Disney villain who died one of the most horrific deaths ever

People are only just learning that this Disney villain was based on a real person-who died one of the most horrific deaths ever. Pocahontas was portrayed as a romance but it has a dark history

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2 w. ago Ole Miss student says her life was ruined after ESPN’s Pat McAfee amplified a false rumor about her

‘I would like people to be held accountable for what they’ve done,’ Mary Kate Cornett said about the salacious story Pat McAfee peddled on-air. ‘You’re ruining my life by talking about it on your show for nothing but attention’

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2 w. ago Stay in Captain Birdseye's lighthouse home near Lowestoft in Norfolk

The famous fisherman's 'house' is a lovely coastal retreat filled with personal touches that tell the story of his life at sea and now, you could be in for a chance to stay there for free

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2 w. ago Eric Clapton: A life in music as the iconic guitarist celebrates 80th birthday

A look back on the legendary guitar icon’s life and legacy as he celebrates milestone birthday

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2 w. ago This is how we do it: ‘I only have months to live but sex makes all my despair fall away’

Rory recently received a terminal diagnosis, but he and his wife Anna are determined to keep enjoying the physical side of their relationship for as long as possibleHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyEven just yesterday, I was curled up with her in the afterglow and I felt total blissI still find just looking at him intoxicating. It doesn’t matter that illness has changed his body Continue reading...

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